Is popularity the new prosperity gospel? Millennials, abortion, and the power of God’s word
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 23 August 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR AUGUST 23, 2019
Popularity is the new measure of success for millennials. Today's podcast examines the relationship between this fact and abortion and offers three secular reasons to affirm the sanctity of life.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.0 | What did Jesus really mean when he said we're to be salt and light? |
| 0:23.6 | Did you know that before he said those memorable words? |
| 0:26.6 | He delivered the beatitudes. |
| 0:28.6 | Those eight world-changing sayings tell us how to be salt and light to our decaying, darkened |
| 0:33.6 | culture. |
| 0:34.6 | In my latest book, Blest, Eight Ways Christians Change Culture, I discuss each of |
| 0:40.6 | the beatitudes and how they ought to affect our lives today. To request your copy today, |
| 0:46.5 | visit thedailyarticle.com. That's thedailyarticle.com. Now, here's today's daily article. |
| 0:53.8 | Is popularity the new prosperity gospel for millennials? |
| 0:57.8 | The answer is yes, according to Relevant magazine. |
| 1:01.4 | The Great Recession and high student debt have driven many millennials to abandon hope of financial |
| 1:06.9 | wealth, but the ubiquity of mobile phones and instant access to social media are |
| 1:12.2 | luring them to define success as popularity. Viral videos and massive numbers of followers are how many measure |
| 1:19.6 | significance. Yesterday we discussed the growing trend of celebrity endorsements for abortion. |
| 1:25.6 | Connecting the dots, celebrities are popular. Popularity attracts |
| 1:30.0 | millennials, and millennials are the most likely demographic to consider an abortion. According to |
| 1:35.8 | Gutmacher Institute, 60% of women who choose abortion are in their 20s. If having an unplanned |
| 1:42.2 | child impedes their ambitions, many are making the same |
| 1:45.8 | decision Alyssa Milano famously chose, career over children. For those of us who believe |
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